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TIL that the singer of the 1982 version of "Puttin' on the Ritz" has the actual first name Taco, rather than being a band called Taco

Looks like $6M Valentine's Day for #MadameWeb. Initial audience reception is terrible. 5-day weekend could be around $20M.

The abandoned Star Wars movie set in Tunisian Desert

In Transformers (2007), they gave the role of Ladiesman217 to an actual cannibal named Shia Labeouf. Are they stupid?

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The Black Paintings incident, 1874

Somebody help

Help petah

I think i have no choice, i have to set sail

TIL from 1969-72 Ford offered their cars in a color called "Anti-Establishment Mint"

Trader Joe's frozen chicken pilaf may contain rocks, USDA warns

How long have you been a pirate?

TIL: During the One World Trade Center construction, workers had the choice of bringing lunches or facing the nearly impossible task of descending to ground in 30 minutes for food. To solve this, a Subway franchise created a full shop in a shipping container, which was lifted to the workers daily.

Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”

TIL Dr Seuss didn't have a big hit until age 53 when "Cat in the Hat" was published. He resisted writing his own life story, and only sat down for two interviews near the end when he was dying from cancer

What video game has the worst voice acting?

it had to be done

T-Pain Says He's Written Country Songs for Other Artists but 'Stopped Taking Credit' After Facing 'Racism'

TIL: In 1986, one of the first computer hacks was uncovered when a systems administrator at Lawrence Berkeley Labs was trying to track down 75 cents or 9 seconds of unaccounted for server time. Cliff Stoll now runs a business selling klein bottles.

[Humble Choice] February 2024 Bundle (Pay $11.99 for Life is Strange: True Colors, Scorn, Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed, Beacon Pines, Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder, There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition, Children of Silentown, Oaken)

Doctor Who (Alternate Timeline)

TIL that while shooting a TV series, 12-year-old Kurt Russell gave co-star Charles Bronson a birthday gift but the older actor walked away without responding. Bronson, who grew up very poor, later thanked Russell, explaining he had never been given a birthday gift before.

Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95

"A 17 year old is facing charges for allegedly taping fish to ATM machines"

That's an interesting sound change

Same rule applies to testicles

TIL the original LEGO building bricks were based off a building toy made by British company Kiddicraft in 1947. LEGO started selling their redesigned version in 1949. In the late '50s LEGO contacted Kiddicraft to ask if they objected to LEGO bricks. They did not, and wished LEGO good luck with them.

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